All pluralistic societies are multiethnic
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Offerings that honor spirits by giving up something important are known as __________
a. sacrifices b. prayers c. rituals d. shamans
In general, the incest taboo in unilineal societies is __________.
A) extended to all presumed unilineal relatives B) limited to parallel cousins C) extended to all cross and parallel cousins D) limited to the nuclear family
In Arembepe, Brazil, a degree of community solidarity was promoted by the myth that everyone was kin. However, social solidarity was actually much less developed in Arembepe than in societies with clans and lineages. Why?
A. Intense social solidarity requires not a myth but a biologically grounded genealogy that shows people's actual relatedness. B. Intense social solidarity is possible only in societies having homogeneous ancestry. In Arembepe, high ethnic diversity weakens kinship ties. C. Intense social solidarity demands that some people be excluded. By asserting they were all related-that is, by excluding no one-Arembepeiros were actually weakening kinship's potential strength in creating and maintaining group solidarity. D. Arembepeiros who became successful were bound by social obligation to share their wealth. This powerful leveling mechanism worked against social solidarity. E. In societies with clans and lineages, social solidarity is much more developed, because they have more elaborate kinship rituals than Arembepeiros do.
In a patrilineal descent group, which of the following does not belong to the same group?
a. A man's sons b. A man's daughters c. A man's wife d. A man's father e. A man's sister